Improved method of securing- covers to glass pitchers



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reference to the drawings.

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"W" WNW-l@ exea m- CHARLES BALLLINGER, OF PITTSBURG, P

ENNsYLvANIA, AssrGNon To MCKEE AND BROTHERS, or SAME PLAQE.

Leners Patent No. ezels, dazed .mmh 2, 1869.

I' SEGURING- G'OVYEIRS TO GLASS PITCHERS. The Bobadilla refen'd to in these Letters l)Patent and making part of thelame.

same points with the pins or studs, a core or plate, that will, when the glass-ware is moulded, leave a recess in the glass, as shown at b. i

The metal or other cover, B, has a hinge, as at c, and a Hap, d, beyond the hinge, which, though forming a small part of the cover, is stationary, and may be regarded as a part of the connecting-devices, by which the cover is attached and held to the pitcher or other article.

To the rear of this piece d there is attached a curved shield, e, which iits around the glass-ware and inside of this shield e' there is a strap, j; the lower edge of which is iianged'or turned, as shown at gs. 2, 4, so as to catch over or hold to the springt when it is in its place.

l. The springt is slightly curved, to fit the curvature jof the pitcher or other article of glass, and its ends l l are bentV or hooked so as to take into and hold itself firmly to thc glass, by entering the recesses a a, as shown in fig. 3.

The spring t' having been hooked into. the recesses, the cover is then connected to the spring by pressing the rearvpieces e fpast the spring, tlie latter lying or between them. When pressed down, until the flange or catch on the strap f takes under the spring, the cover is secured thereto, and the spring being grasped or locked into the glass, a firm connection between the article of glass and the cover is thereby made.

The recess b in the glass, is for the strap f to lie in, thus making a very neat, as well as a very ecient mode of fastening.

Having thus fully described rny invention,

What I claim, is-

In combination with a glass pitcher or other article of glass, with recesses a a moulded therein, the spring i, With-its bent or hooked ends, for being united thereto, and forming a medium by which the cover may be attached and held, substantially as described.

Also, in combination with the cover B, the hinge, strap, and shield, for the purpose of' connectingit to and using said coverin connection with a pitcher or other glass-ware, substantially as described.

CHARLES BALLIN GER. Witnesses: Y

, WILLIAM S, CALDWELL,

JNO. B. KENNEDY.

IMPROVE!) METHOD O To all whom 'it 'mc/ i, conccm:

- Be it known that I, CHARLES BALLINGER, ofPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Imr, and eX- act description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspeciiication, in which`A Figure `l represents a perspective ,view of a glass pitcherwith the cover removed, to show the depres-` sions therein, by which the cover is connectcdto it.

Figure 2.1'eprcsents a vertical section through the cover-hinge and connections, and through the pitcher. Figure 3 represents a horizontal section through the Figure 4 represents a perspective View ofthe under side of the Kcover and its connected parts, as removed from the pitcher or other article of glass to whichv it is applicable. Y

Similar letters of reference, Where they loccur in the separate figures, denote like parts in all the drawings.

The object 'and purpose of this invention is to obtain a cheaper and more edicient Inode of fastening metal or other covers or tops on glass pitchers and other glass-ware; and

The nature of' my invention consists in a recess in the glass, to receive .the spring, and aflanged strap, or its equivalent, for connecting the cover to the spring.

And the invention further consists in the combination of the shield,- strap, and hinge, with the cover, for forming, in connection with the spring, a fastening to the glass-ware, and for covering and protecting the parts, as will be explained.

lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same, with A representsa glass pitcher, which is moulded or Near the top of the mould, before moulding the article of glass-Ware,` are placed two pins, or studs, that incline toward each other, or toward the centre of the pitcher or other article to be moulded, so that when the glass is moulded, and the pins or studs withdrawn,

There is also placed in the mould, at oi"V near the 

